Re: alias file perms error

2001-10-05 Thread David T-G
Sharukh -- ...and then Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . said... % Yes, i finally got it sorted out. I had to give the editor value in % .bash_profile. Do you mean that you had to set EDITOR= in your .bash_profile file at all, or that you had to put whatever $EDITOR is (from .bash_profile) directly i

Re: alias file perms error

2001-10-04 Thread Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri .
Yes, i finally got it sorted out. I had to give the editor value in .bash_profile. It works now. regards, Sharukh. René Clerc muttered: > * Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-10-2001 16:34]: > > | I am using mutt 1.2.5i with a hodge podge .muttrc. I have pinched the > | foll

Re: alias file perms error

2001-10-03 Thread David Champion
On 2001.10.03, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "René Clerc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thinkt the problem lies with the "$"; I think it needs to be > escaped. I think $EDITOR is not defined. To be fully traditional, you should have ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}}, or something like that -- it es

Re: alias file perms error

2001-10-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Suresh Ramasubramanian [03/10/01 20:08 +0530]: > > Ths is what I have: > > [spavri@farzaan spavri]$ ls -al .mutt_alias > > -rw---1 spavri spavri 5228 Oct 3 19:46 .mutt_alias > chmod 755 .mutt_alias - that's a shell (or perl) script a

Re: alias file perms error

2001-10-03 Thread René Clerc
* Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-10-2001 16:34]: | I am using mutt 1.2.5i with a hodge podge .muttrc. I have pinched the | following from Roland Rosenfeld's keybindings : | | macro index \ea "!$EDITOR ~/.mutt_alias\n:source ~/.mutt_alias\n" \ |

Re: alias file perms error

2001-10-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . [03/10/01 19:58 +0530]: > sh: /home/spavri/.mutt_alias: Permission denied > Press any key to continue... > Ths is what I have: > [spavri@farzaan spavri]$ ls -al .mutt_alias > -rw---1 spavri spavri 5228 Oct

alias file perms error

2001-10-03 Thread Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri .
I am using mutt 1.2.5i with a hodge podge .muttrc. I have pinched the following from Roland Rosenfeld's keybindings : macro index \ea "!$EDITOR ~/.mutt_alias\n:source ~/.mutt_alias\n" \ "Edit aliases file and reload it" but using a gives the following error sh